Book, The Great Volcanic Outbreak at Tarawera, New Zealand, 10th June, 1886 with newspaper cuttings and poem
Maker
Harding, Robert Coupland
County Chronicle Press Ltd
Evening Post Print
Wood, Noah
Wood, Caleb
Production date
1886
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Object detail
The section headings are as follows: The Volcanic Eruption at Tarawera, New Zealand; The Volcanic Region; Distant Effects of the Outbreak; The Volcanic Dust; The Rotorua Postmaster's Account; Mr McRae's Narrative; Mr Bodgers's Account; Mr Kent's Account; Narrative of an Eye-Witness; The Wairoa people; A Māori Account; Report of a Relief Party; The Government Agent's Report; State of the Telegraph Line; The Māori Settlements; Captain Mair's Expedition; Rescue of the Matata Māori; Māori Survivors; Discovery of Bodies; The Late Mr Haszard; Mr Bainbridge; Miss Clara Haszard's Narrative; Mr Blythe's Statement; Mrs Haszard's Terrible Story; Dr Hector's Visit; Rotomahana after the Outbreak; Dangers of Travel; Mr Percy Smith's Report; Dr Hector's Report; Professor Hutton's Opinion; Professor Ellery's Opinion; Dr Hochstetter's Forecast; Māori Criticism of the Scientists; Ominous Signs at Rotorua; Reported Change of Levels. At the end of the book is a list of persons killed, total: 100.
On the back cover is a glossary for Māori words used in the book; a notice stating that photographs of the districts affected by the volcanic disturbances can be obtained from D N Adams, Hastings Street, Napier; a list of soon-to-be-published images of the eruption and the Pink and White Terraces as well as an advertisement for Harding's New Zealand Almanac and Year-Book.
b) Wairoa, the Destroyed Village, a poem by Noah and Caleb Wood, Rotorua, February, 1905. Printed by Chronicle Print, Rotorua.
c) Shocking Accident at Waimangu: a newspaper article reporting on the fatal eruption of the geyser on August 30, 1903. The article gives details of the catastrophe including the names of the four deceased and a description by an eye-witness.
d) A newspaper cutting dated 11 September 1925 reporting on the death of Amelia Haszard, survivor of the Tarawera Eruption.
e) A newspaper cutting from 1929 marking the forty-third anniversary of the Tarawera Eruption. This article relates the Legend of Phantom Canoe.
f) A newspaper cutting from The Evening Post, Monday, June 9, 1930: A Hidden Dawn, Tarawera Eruption, Rain of Sand and Dust, Fear of Tidal Wave. An account of the Tarawera Eruption written by a survivor aged 10 and living in Opotiki at the time of the eruption.
g) A newspaper cutting about the Krakatoa Eruption, August 1883. The article was printed 50 years later in August 1933.
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b) Printed in black ink on paper.
c - g) Printed in black ink on newsprint.
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Two arrow stamp, Stamp, Stamped
30 Aug 1903
27 Aug 1883
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